Article 64 Amendments to Decision 2004/512/EC

In Article 1 of Decision 2004/512/EC, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.

The Visa Information System shall be based on a centralised architecture and consist of:

(a)

the common identity repository central infrastructure as referred to in Article 17(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1;

(b)

a central information system, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Central Visa Information System’ (CS-VIS);

(c)

an interface in each Member State, hereinafter referred to as the ‘National Interface’ (NI-VIS), to provide the connection to the relevant central national authority of the respective Member State;

(d)

a communication infrastructure between the Central Visa Information System and the National Interfaces;

(e)

a Secure Communication Channel between the EES Central System and the CS-VIS;

(f)

a secure communication infrastructure between the VIS Central System and the central infrastructure of the European search portal established by Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and of the common identity repository established by Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817.’.